Socket-wrench



1 A. REBMAN.

SOCKET WRENCH. APPHCATION FIL'ED. SEPT. 1.1.. 4920.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

J. A. REBMAN.

SOCKET WRENCH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1 I, 1920.-

1,371,933, Patented Mar.15,1921.

2 SHIEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH A. REBMAN, OF TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

SOCKET-WRENCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

Application filed September 11, 1920. Serial No. 409,738.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I JOSEPH A. REBMAN, citizen of the United states ofAmerica, residing at T orrington, in the county of Litchfield and Stateof Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Socket-'rent-hes, of which the following 18 a specllication.

This invention relates to tools, particularly to socket wrenches, andhas for its object the provision of a novel connection between a socketwrench and its handle whereby the socket will be held associated withthe handle and be prevented from dropping away therefrom, the engagingportions of the handle and the socket member being formed angular toprevent relative rotation.

in additional object is the provision of a device of this characterwhich will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly eliicient inuse, durable in service, and a general improvement in the art.

l Vith the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device omplete, showing oneform of handle,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device showing the socket memberdetached and showing a different form of handle,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view,

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the socket member,

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view through the shank thereof, and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of the spring member.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates asocket member which is formed as a body having one end formed with arecess 11 of any desired shape but which is here shown as hexagonal. Therecessed end of the body is adapted to be engaged upon the nut or boltto be turned, as will be readily understood. it its other end the socketmember 10 is formed with a reduced extension 12 which is provided withan annular recess 13 which is preferably square in cross section andwhich leads into a cylindrical recess 14.

The numeral 15 designates a handle which may be straight, as shown inFig. 1, and provided with a transverse hole 16 within which is engaged asuitable cross rod 17 for certain classes of work. handle 18 which hasone end bent at right angles, as shown at 19, for other classes of work.Regardless of whichever type of handle is used the handle carries at oneend a reduced shank 20 which is preferably square in cross section andwhich is of a size to be received within the recess 13. This squared endof the shank is formed with a threaded socket 21.

The connecting means comprises a cylindrical body 22 formed at one endwith a reduced threaded extension 23 adapted to be screwed into thesocket 21. The other end of this member 22 is formed hollow and islongitudinally split at diametrically opposite points, as shown at 24:,whereby it will be resilient. This body 22 is slightly larger than therecess 14 so that when inserted therein it will be slightly compressedsothat its resilience will operate to provide a frictional grip forholding the socket associated with the handle and to prevent casualseparation. It will be observed that as the square shank 20 fits withinthe square recess 13. v

driving connection between the hanproper dle and socket is provided sothat when the handle is rotated the socket will be correspondinglyrotated.

While I have shown and described only one socket member, it is of courseto be understood that in actual practice a plurality of socket memberswould be providedfor difierent sizes of nuts or bolts and that thedifi'erent shaped handles would also be provided so that the. completedevice is calculated to take care of widely varying kinds of work.

Having thus described-my invention, I claim:

Asocket wrench comprising a socket member formed in one end with arecess adapted to be engaged upon a nut or bolt and having its other endformed with a recess angular in cross section,'a handle havin a shankangular in cross section and slidably engaged within said angularrecess, said socket member being formed with a cylindrical recessleading into the angularrecess, and a coupling member carried by theangular end of If desired, I may use a the handle and having its outerend portion formed hollow andsplit whereby to be resilient, saidcoupling member being slightly larger than and being adapted forinsertion within said cylindrical recess.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH A. REBMAN.

